The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1931
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 PM
8:01 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 109
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 343.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.90° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.91° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.